Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Almost ready for a new school year... not really

So in less than a week Andrew starts kindergarden... Yes, he's repeating it.
Last year he had just turned 5 before the school year started and while he was technically old enough to go to school he just wasn't ready. So giving him a chance to grow(in more ways than one)we are ready to do this again. Well, kinda...

I'm the mom who doesn't want to send her kid to school. I couldn't home school him but i just like spending time with him and when he's in school i don't get to see him on my lunch hour.
I love the school he goes to but I get sad knowing that he's away from me all day.
I also can't believe that A. I'm old enough to have a kid in school and B. My kid is old enough to be in school...wasn't he born yesterday? Now he's about 45 inches tall and growing by the minute. We figured out his height right before we went to Sea world, checking to make sure he was tall enough for some of the rides. We're not those weird parents that count every inch he grows... that would just be too much huh?

We are getting the last of his school supplies this week and I think once we get his backpack and lunch stuff together it's all gonna sink in for the whole family. Even Austin gets sad when Bubba is at school. But here's to a great school year! May we not lose our marbles this year!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Now THAT was a vacation!

Wow Oh Wow! We have come back from the best, most relaxing vacation. It was great!



We were able to get tickets to Sea World for 2 days so we packed up the kids and the car and got a pet/ house sitter and we took off for a great adventure! We left on tuesday, later then we had hoped but when is my family ever on time. But we did leave a clean house to come home to so it wasn't so bad. We got to SA and headed for Sussa's house. After a nice dinner with the family we headed back to Sussa's house to get ready for a packed day at Sea World on wednesday. We had every intention on staying until the place closed and we got there right when it opened. My dad(Pawpaw) went with us for the day too. The kids loved having him there and he was so much help too. We saw all the shows, which Austin is still telling us about how the Sea Lion hit the man's hinney and he fell to the water and splash, but NO Hit! He loved it! The boys were the right size to take them too, Andrew was tall enough to do everything but the big roller coaters and Austin could do all the family rides. And we rode and did everything! By the end of day one we covered every corner of the park but the water park, that we left for day two.

I was so impressed with how well behaved the boys were though. There wasn't one fit or tear. Austin waited patiently in the lines for the rides, they listened and watched the shows. They ate all their lunch with good table manners. I was so proud of them, and so proud they were my boys. We saw kids left and right having some meltdown and my kids just looked at them like they had two heads. Austin even took a nap while Pawpaw, Andrew and Paul rode a ride he wasn't big enough for, and I was happy to sit and rest for a bit too. We even got PawPaw to get on a splash ride/ coaster with Andrew and I. Pawpaw isn't too fond of stuff like that but Andrew wanted him to go on it with us. He had a ton of fun too!

And just as always I tear up everytime I see the Shamu show. This time it was extra special because my kids were able to experience something that I love so much. I still haven't givin up yet on my dream of being a killer whale trainer just yet, maybe when I hit 40 if I haven't done it yet I might start to let the dream go but not yet. Well I looked over at PawPaw and he had a few tears too. He was thinking the same thing I was about seeing the boys experience my passion.

*side note- Grandma Crouch's birthday was monday and she had been gone for two years that day too. Making memories like this are hitting us a little harder this time of year.*



Well day one came to a succeful, tireing close and we headed back to Sussa's house for showers. She was so kind and had a great dinner ready for all of us when we got there. After dinner we crashed out early, the day so great and we were so tired. Had to get ready for day two!



For day two we mostly just hit up the waterpark. Again the kids were so well behaved and had a blast. Austin loved the wave pool, he swam like a champ! Andrew wanted to ride every slide he could, he was a little scared on the first one but he went down it and by the time he reached the bottom he was looking for his next ride. We played till we couldn't play anymore. We had a nsack and then got changed to go home. Poor Austin was so tired he fell asleep in the wagon sitting straight up. Andrew was so nice and got out to walk so we could lay Austin down. Poor kid, we wore him out. Taking our wagon was a great idea by the way. Far better than taking a stroller, both kids could ride in it and if one wanted to walk we put our bag in there. It was also so much easier to pull around instead of pushing even the strollers you could rent.



It was sad to say goodbye to Sussa and Uncle Jon(with no hair) and Baby Poppy. They let us come and invade their home for a few days and they were so nice and helpful. We have so much fun with them. Sussa and I are so glad that our hubby's get along, we figure that they get together to complain on how we gang up on the both of them. Remember if you make one twin mad you will have the other coming out to get you too. And our poor kids have two mothers to deal with. Ah, the joys of having a twin for your relative.

We didn't get home until late that night but we came home to a nice clean house and happy animals.

Thanks to Joni for taking such great care of all our pets. And to the in-laws who came over during their paper route to let the dogs out to pee.

And most of all, Thnaks to Sussa and Uncle Jon(with no hair) for letting us stay at ur place.

Now THAT was a vacation!